From: Andrew Crabtree <andrewc AT typhoon DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
Message-Id: <199705251644.AA105308696@typhoon.rose.hp.com>
Subject: Re: How the quake source got out.
To: jah AT rrnet DOT com (El Guapo Grande del Fuego)
Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 9:44:55 PDT
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <199705241905.OAA17485@rrnet.com>; from "El Guapo Grande del Fuego" at May 24, 97 2:05 pm
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> 
> 
> Carmack sent the source to somebody on crack.com so that they could port it
> to OpenGL
I think they were working on the Linux Port actually.  Carmack 
did OpenGL until just recently when he turned it over to 
Zoid (CTF) along with QuakeWorld.

> but somebody else on crack.com intercepted it and distributed
> it, simple as that...

No - the sight was actually hacked into.  Source for Abuse, Quake,
and also Golgotha (I think) was taken

> There wasn't anything revolutionary in there, though.
> It's all pretty simple code, I've seen better

Sure you have.  Every thing you've programmed has been better too - 
right?